Jeff Campbell
07-12-2011, 10:15 PM
<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://mashable.com/2011/07/12/mta-app-contest/' target='_blank'>http://mashable.com/2011/07/12/mta-app-contest/</a><br /><br /></div><p><em>"The past two years, New York City has hosted contests for mobile apps that use city data. Now New York State's Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) is launching a similar contest of its own."</em></p><p><img height="275" src="http://images.thoughtsmedia.com/resizer/thumbs/size/600/at/auto/1310505013.usr105634.jpg" style="margin-left: 153px; margin-right: 153px; border: 1px solid #d2d2bb;" width="288" /></p><p>According to the <a href="http://mtaappquest.com/details/about" target="_blank">contest page</a>, it is pretty much open to any application in any language that will run on laptops, desktops, mobile devices, etc. The <a href="http://mtaappquest.com/" target="_blank">prizes</a> are nothing to sneeze at, with $5,000.00 USD as the top prize (along with some Apple gear so they might be biased a bit towards iOS). So if you want to get in on it, head over to the <a href="http://mtaappquest.com/" target="_blank">contest page</a> and enter. </p>